Chapter 1393: Chapter 1390: The Traveling Shaman
Xiu Yan flapped his wings and descended, landing in a patch of low-lying grass where the orcs were standing.
Ji Nuan also jumped down from Xiu Yan’s embrace: "Hello, we are traveling from the West Beast Continent.
I am the Shaman Ji Nuan, and this is my Guardian Orc, Xiu Yan. Is this the Southern Beast Continent?"
"Shaman!!!"
The orcs were so startled that they dropped their prey, hurriedly bowing to Ji Nuan in a panic.
The leader of the Hunting Squad stepped forward, placing a hand on his chest in salute before answering Ji Nuan’s question: "Reporting to the Shaman, you are indeed in the Black Mountain of the Southern Beast Continent."
Ji Nuan smiled: "I thought I might have gone the wrong way. May I stay at your tribe for a while?"
Ji Nuan’s approachable demeanor made the Hunting Squad quite uneasy.
However, when they heard Ji Nuan say she wanted to stay at their tribe, they couldn’t help but smile in delight.
They were just a modest, middle-ranked tribe from the Black Mountain Tribe and having the opportunity to host the traveling Shaman was truly a blessing from the Beast God.
The squad leader nodded repeatedly, turning to lead Ji Nuan and Xiu Yan back to the tribe.
But upon seeing his tribesmen with empty hands, he turned back awkwardly: "Shaman, I will first have some tribe members take you back to the tribe. Our hunt is not yet finished..."
Such is the awkwardness of small and middle-sized tribes, where only a single squad goes out to hunt. If they return without prey, all tribesmen in the tribe will go hungry.
But Ji Nuan shook her head: "Go ahead and hunt. It’s my first time in the Southern Beast Continent, and I just want to take a look at the scenery."
The squad leader was pleasantly surprised by the Shaman’s good-natured temperament, nodding happily: "Please wait a moment, we will be done shortly."
It is currently the season when prey is abundant, but large wild animals are rare and difficult to catch here.
So, during the season when prey is plenty, they can feast on Giggle Beasts and Gagabeasts, though not much is left after skinning them.
The wait wasn’t long, as Xiu Yan caught two prey that looked like roebucks and also picked up some Giggle Beast and Gagabeast eggs.
Omlette, scrambled eggs, Ji Nuan recalled, she hadn’t had them in a long time and truly missed them.
The squad leader, returning with the orcs laden with prey, saw Xiu Yan holding two large game and was filled with admiration: "These are hard-to-catch large prey for us here, and there is also a kind of Humming Beast that burrows deep at any rustle in the underbrush, making it very difficult to hunt."
Ji Nuan smiled and nodded: "Xiu Yan is really good at hunting."
It seems these grasses are a paradise for many prey, but they also make hunting difficult for the orcs.
Hunting in this grassland, it’s indeed hard not to make a sound unless you’re a Flying Orc like Xiu Yan.
The hunt came to an end, and the squad leader led them back to the tribe.
Ji Nuan took out a white egg the size of an orc’s palm from the basket on Xiu Yan’s back: "Do you eat these eggs?"
An egg this size is likely a Gagabeast egg.
The squad leader glanced at the Gagabeast egg, nodded somewhat reluctantly: "We only pick some to eat when there is no prey, as these don’t taste very good."
He grimaced with distaste as he said it.